Question

Production of pizza data

Workers Pizzas
0 0
1 4
2 10
3 15
4 18
5 19Exhibit 7-1 Production of pizza dataWorkersPizzasExhibit 7-1 shows the change in the production of pizzas as more workers are hired. The marginal product of the fifth employee equals:Group of answer choicesa.4.
b.18.
c.19.
d.3.
e.1.

Answer 1

e.1.

Step-by-step explanation:

The marginal product of the fifth employee is determined as the difference between the number of pizzas produced with 5 workers and the number of pizzas produced with 4 workers, that is, the difference between 19 pizzas and 18 pizzas.

Therefore, the marginal product of the fifth employee is 1 pizza.

The answer is alternative e.1.